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Standard Errors
Paid sick leave: Type of provision

Table 34. Standard errors for paid sick leave: Type of provision, civilian
workers,1 National Compensation Survey, March 2014

Characteristics

Sick leave provision

Fixed number
of days per
year2

As needed3

As part of
consolidated
leave plan4

All workers

0.8

0.6

0.7

Worker characteristics

      

Management, professional, and related

1.2

0.7

1.0

    Management, business, and financial

1.5

1.1

1.3

    Professional and related

1.5

0.9

1.3

        Teachers

1.4

1.3

1.1

            Primary, secondary, and special education
             school teachers

1.7

1.7

1.2

        Registered nurses

3.7

0.4

3.8

Service

2.1

2.2

1.6

    Protective service

2.1

1.1

1.8

Sales and office

1.0

0.5

0.9

    Sales and related

1.6

0.7

1.4

    Office and administrative support

1.2

0.6

1.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

2.2

2.0

1.5

    Installation, maintenance, and repair

3.0

–

–

Full time

0.8

0.5

0.7

Union

0.9

0.4

0.9

Nonunion

1.0

0.7

0.8

Average wage within the following categories5:

      

    Second 25 percent

1.2

1.0

1.1

    Third 25 percent

1.0

0.5

0.9

    Highest 25 percent

1.2

0.6

0.9

        Highest 10 percent

1.8

1.1

1.4

Establishment characteristics

      

Service-providing industries

0.9

0.6

0.8

    Education and health services

1.6

0.6

1.6

        Educational services

1.1

0.4

1.0

            Elementary and secondary schools

1.2

0.5

1.1

            Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

2.5

0.8

2.4

        Health care and social assistance

2.8

1.0

2.7

            Hospitals

3.4

0.2

3.4

    Public administration

1.5

0.7

1.3

1 to 99 workers

1.6

1.3

1.3

    1 to 49 workers

2.1

1.8

1.7

    50 to 99 workers

2.2

0.8

2.2

100 workers or more

1.0

0.4

0.9

    100 to 499 workers

1.6

0.6

1.4

    500 workers or more

1.3

0.5

1.2

Geographic areas

      

Northeast

1.3

0.7

1.3

    New England

3.3

1.1

3.3

    Middle Atlantic

1.4

0.9

1.3

South

1.3

0.4

1.2

    South Atlantic

1.8

0.7

1.4

    East South Central

3.2

0.9

3.2

    West South Central

2.4

0.4

2.5

Midwest

2.2

2.1

1.7

    East North Central

2.5

1.0

2.3

    West North Central

4.5

–

–

West

1.8

1.1

1.2

    Mountain

2.3

1.4

2.0

    Pacific

2.3

1.4

1.5

1Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the
public sector, except the federal government. See Technical Note for further explanation.

2Employees earn or accrue a specified number of sick leave days per year. This number may vary by
length of service.

3Plan does not specify maximum number of days.

4A consolidated leave plan provides a single amount of time off for workers to use for multiple purposes,
such as vacation, illness, or personal business.

5Surveyed occupations are classified into wage categories based on the average wage for the
occupation, which may include workers with earnings both above and below the threshold.  The categories
were formed using percentile estimates generated using ECEC data for March 2014.


Note: Dash indicates no workers in this category or data did not meet publication criteria. For definitions of
major plans, key provisions, and related terms, see the "Glossary of Employee Benefit Terms" at
www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/glossary20132014.htm.